Russian Plant Destroys 21,000 Chemical Weapons

The Russian Maradykovsky plant has destroyed 21,806 chemical weapons since beginning operations last year, Russia Today reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 7).

A total of 96 munitions undergo chemical neutralization each day.

Nearly one-fifth of Russia’s chemical stockpile is stored at the depot that houses the plant.  Moscow has pledged under the Chemical Weapons Convention to eliminate its world’s-largest arsenal by 2012, though analysts say it is unlikely to meet that deadline (Russia Today, Oct. 17).

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